Manifolding device.



E. GARNEY.

MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APILM. 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

m III I IIVVEIVTOR I WIT/V5858 EDWARD GAENEY, OF GLENDALE, NEW YORK, AESIENOR TO EASTERN SALES BE @QIMPANY, OF GLENDALE, NEW YQRK, A CBPOBATIQN Oh NEW YGRE.

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To all whom z't may concern Be it known that l, EDWARD CARNEY, a

subject of the King of England, residing at. Glendale, in the county of Queens and State others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 4

This invention relates to the duplication i: of marks made upon paper or like material,

and with respect to its more specific features to triplicating sheetsadaptedto be used in connection with a single transfer sheet.

@neof the objects of the invention is to provide a practical and efficient device of the type described in which the original impression and the copies thereof may all be made upon substantial and durable paper. I

Another object is to provide a simple and durable device of the kind described in which the copy impressions will have clear and distinct markings. I

Another object is to provide a device of the type described which will be easy to handle and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects will be in part obvious and inart pointed out hereinafter. he invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the ap lication of which will be indicated in the ollowing claims.

In the accompanying drawing formin part of this specification and in whic similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views, Figure I is a erspective view of one of the ossible embo iments of the invention, and l ig. 2 is an ed e View thereof.

Alt ough the general characteristics and the desirable features of the invention are clearl shown in the embodiment representeci in the drawing it is believed that it will tend to a clearer and more complete uppreciation thereof to point out some of its characteristic and progressive features. 7

The use of triplicate sheets as bills of lad- Specification of Emitters Hatent.

Appiication filed April re, ia'ri. serial no. 620,979.

a passing through 1y Patented @c't. 14%,19113.

ing, in connection with sales books, etc., is becoming more desirable with the advance of the s stems of checking, auditing, etc, employs by the businessconcerns of the present day. Under the ordinary conditions of use, a sheet of this character must ive stron and permanent records which wil resistt e wear attendant upon their use by clerks, truckmen, and others who must work rapidly and without troublesome precautions concerning the weakness of any part of the sheet itself, holding means, or other associated parts. That applicant meets these I requirements and provides a device which possesses many other desirable features will be apparent by referring to the embodiment shown in the drawing. Y L

A cover 1, provided with fastening means 2 holds a pad 3. The pad comprises a lu ralit of sin le sheets superimposed to orm a pie and joined together by pins or staples a stub portion 5. Each sheet is prefera integral, and is divided into three rectangular sections of substantially equal size by folding or transverse we'akenin' lines arranged parallel to the ends of t e sheet. According to this construction each sheet comprises a section forming part oi the stub portion and another sectlon extending laterally thereof and adapted to be folded upon the first section.

The sheets may be composed of various materlals and are preferably flexible. The

middle section 8 of the sheet is adapted to 8 and there recorded by means of a transferring agent, preferably a double-faced carbon paper 9. To brin the sheets into operative relation, the carbon paper 9 is placed upon the ile in a osition resting upon section 8. Sgction 7 eing in its normal position superimposed u on section 6, sections 6 and 7 are swung an folded about-the weakening line 11 until they occupy a superimthe three sections.

posed relation with respect to section 8 and the superimposed carbon sheet 9. When all of the sections and carbon paper are thus placed in superimposed relation, if a mark be made upon the surface of section 6, the reverse side of which will at that time be uppermost, one face of the carbon paper 9 will simultaneously make a copy upon that portion of section 7 which lies contiguous thereto and the other face of the carbon paper will simultaneously transfer a copy of the mark to the face of section 8. The impression made upon the back of section 7 will show the'marking, whether it be writing or otherwise, in a position reversed with respect to the original marking. The sheet 7 is consequently treated to render it translucent, whereby a mark made on one side thereof may be seen from the other side in the same position as it occupied upon the original, in this instance section 6. In this way a, substantial durable record is made on lit has been found preferable in rendering section 7 translucent to impregnate it with a suitable oil.. The oil may have various properties, but should be present in such proportion and possess such consistency that it will be readily retained in the pores of the paper to prevent a, soiling of any articles or material with which the section ma be brought in contact. It will be seen t at the durable material of which each sheet is composed will be rendered translucent by the treatment described, and that the untreated portions or sections of the material will consequently be opaque relative to said translucent section. As the material ordinarily employed in manifoldin devices is a thin paper which transmits li t to a certain degree and is not technica y opaque, applicant refers to the material employed by him as relatively opaque, in order to include such thin materials as well as technically opaque material.

In the embodiment shown, the carbon leaf is attached to a piece of stifi paper or like material 12 and is held removably between cover land pad 3, and extends out to one side of the pad, being of such size that it may be readily overlapped, upon the section 8.

Although in the embodiment shown in the drawing the section 8 is attached along its upper edge to the stub-portion 5, it is to be understood that the point of attachment may be along one of the other edges or may occupy any other suitable position. It is further to be observed that a' weakening line 13 may be disposed between the section 8 and the stub-portion or it may be omitted if desired.

After the original impression or marking has .been made and the copies thereof secured, it is frequently necessar to detach the sections of the sheet in or er that one or more may be sent to various departments or ofiices, etc. This detachment may be easily accomplished by tearing the paper along the weakening lines 10 and 11.

Although the triplicating sheets have been described in connection with a pad, it is to be understood that they may be used separately and unattached as bills of lading, sales slips, etc,

It is to be noted in connection with the device that a plurality of copies is simultaneously secured with the marking of an original sheet by means of a single carbon sheet which employs simply two active transfer surfaces. This feature not only provides an economy in carbon paper, but also secures a simplicity of operation and a savin of time.

It wi 1' thus be seen that a simple device is provided wherein the objects of the invention, among others, are achieved.

It is to be understood that although the pad has been shown in connection with a counter sales book that it may embody as well the various forms of slips and sheets used as bills of lading, etc., as previously 7 mentioned in this specification.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is'intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A manifolding device comprising an integral sheet of durable material adapted to be folded to place portions thereof in superposed relation, one of said durable portions bein relatively opaque and another of said urable portions translucent.

2. A manifolding device comprising an integral sheet of durable material adapted to be folded to place portions thereof in superposed relation, one of said durable portions being relatively opaque and anile of sheets of durable malueent relative to said opaque section, each In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, sheet adapted to be folded to place said in the presence of two witnesses. opaque section in superposed relation to said oiled section, said oiled sections being EDWARD CARNEY.

similarly disposed in the pile, and material adapted to be interposed between said Witnesses:

opaque and oiled section of each sheet when MANUEL E. AMADOB, superposed to transfer impressions to each. F. W. DAWSON. 

